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Explore NOW

NASA hosted an interactive, two-day workshop to identify objectives for exploration missions to Near Earth Objects (NEOs). The meeting was conducted August 10-11 at The Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Explore NOW brought together experts and key leaders within NASA, industry, academia, other government agencies, and international communities.

The primary goals for the workshop were: to increase the collective understanding of NEOs, communicate NASA's plans for a human mission to a NEO, and capture external input on proposed mission objectives.

Breakout Sessions:In the context of the objectives for a human mission to a NEO, address the following: What do we need to know before we can send a human to a NEO (i.e. characterization, knowledge gaps, and precursor investigations)?› Outbrief 1 (PDF) (J. Jenkins); › › Outbrief 2 (PDF) (S. Magnus)

Part 8

Breakout Sessions:In the context of the objectives for a human mission to a NEO, address the following: What technologies and/or capabilities are needed for a human mission to a NEO?› Outbrief (PDF) (B. Wilson) What are the concepts of operations for a human mission to a NEO?› Outbrief (PDF) (D. Craig) For purposes of planetary defense, what do we need to know about NEOs and what capabilities are needed?› Outbrief (PDF) (L. Johnson)

Part 9

Breakout Sessions:In the context of the objectives for a human mission to a NEO, address the following: What are the synergies with a human mission to the moon and Mars?› Outbrief (PDF) (C. Culbert) What policy considerations must be addressed? What are possible ways to engage the public?› Outbrief (PDF) (G. Allen)